FY2025 EPS Estimates for Couchbase Boosted by William Blair

Couchbase, Inc. (NASDAQ:BASE - Free Report) - Analysts at William Blair lifted their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Couchbase in a research report issued on Wednesday, December 4th. William Blair analyst J. Ader now anticipates that the company will post earnings of ($1.53) per share for the year, up from their previous estimate of ($1.61). The consensus estimate for Couchbase's current full-year earnings is ($1.48) per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Couchbase's Q4 2025 earnings at ($0.41) EPS and FY2026 earnings at ($1.42) EPS.

A number of other equities analysts also recently commented on BASE. Wedbush initiated coverage on Couchbase in a report on Thursday, October 17th. They set an "outperform" rating and a $26.00 target price for the company. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their target price on Couchbase from $30.00 to $23.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, September 5th. Royal Bank of Canada restated an "outperform" rating and set a $25.00 price objective on shares of Couchbase in a research note on Wednesday, December 4th. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price target on Couchbase from $20.00 to $22.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 4th. Finally, Oppenheimer reduced their price objective on Couchbase from $25.00 to $23.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, September 5th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating and twelve have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Couchbase currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $23.27.

Couchbase Trading Down 2.9 %

BASE traded down $0.48 during trading on Monday, hitting $15.90. 591,291 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 486,242. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $17.59 and a 200 day moving average of $17.96. Couchbase has a 12-month low of $13.53 and a 12-month high of $32.00.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC purchased a new position in shares of Couchbase in the second quarter valued at about $47,000. Point72 Hong Kong Ltd bought a new stake in Couchbase during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $67,000. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. lifted its holdings in Couchbase by 15.9% in the 3rd quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 6,968 shares of the company's stock worth $112,000 after purchasing an additional 956 shares in the last quarter. Arizona State Retirement System boosted its stake in Couchbase by 28.5% in the 2nd quarter. Arizona State Retirement System now owns 11,032 shares of the company's stock worth $201,000 after purchasing an additional 2,445 shares during the period. Finally, Point72 Asset Management L.P. grew its holdings in Couchbase by 5.7% during the 2nd quarter. Point72 Asset Management L.P. now owns 13,000 shares of the company's stock valued at $237,000 after buying an additional 700 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 96.07% of the company's stock.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Edward T. Anderson purchased 21,080 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 19th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $14.16 per share, for a total transaction of $298,492.80. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 85,902 shares in the company, valued at $1,216,372.32. This trade represents a 32.52 % increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, SVP Huw Owen sold 6,736 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Friday, September 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $15.07, for a total transaction of $101,511.52. Following the sale, the senior vice president now owns 373,647 shares in the company, valued at $5,630,860.29. The trade was a 1.77 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 10,548 shares of company stock valued at $163,390 in the last 90 days. Company insiders own 16.10% of the company's stock.

About Couchbase

Couchbase, Inc provides cloud database platform for enterprise applications in the United States and internationally. Its database works in multiple configurations, ranging from cloud to multi- or hybrid-cloud to on-premise environments to the edge. The company offers Couchbase Capella, an automated and secure Database-as-a-Service that simplifies database management by deploying, managing, and operating Couchbase Server across cloud environments; and Couchbase Server, a multi-service NoSQL database, which provides SQL-compatible query language and SQL++ that allows for a various array of data manipulation functions.